Microbiological epidemiological history of meningococcal disease in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The main objectives of the present study were to investigate the clinical and laboratory features of meningococcal disease in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the overlap of 2 epidemics in the 1990s. We conducted a study of a series of cases of meningococcal disease admitted in a Meningiti...

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Main Authors: David Eduardo Barroso, MD PhD, D.M. Carvalho, S.T. Casagrande, M.C. Rebelo, V. Soares, V. Zahner, C.A. Solari, S.A. Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700519